Audience

  • Pension leads
  • HR leads
  • Communication leads

Actions:

  • Note the dates for Pension Awareness Week (PAW) 2024: 16-20 September.
  • Promote the event within your organisation using the materials provided in this EPN.
  • Ensure employees have access to participate in the webinars.

Summary:

PAW 2024 aims to educate Civil Service employees about their pension options and encourage active engagement with their retirement planning. The event includes a series of live webinars covering topics such as understanding benefits, planning for retirement, and more.

Timing:

Immediate

Detail:

Pension Awareness Week 2024 will include the following daily webinars:

  1. New Joiners (16 September): Introduction to the Civil Service Pension scheme, including benefits and options.
  2. Mid-Career (17 September):  The 2015 Remedy and preparing for a smoother retirement journey.
  3. Boosting Your Benefits (18 September): The basics of boosting, and ways to enhance Civil Service pension benefits.
  4. The 2015 Remedy (19 September): Details about 2015 Remedy and pension choices.
  5. Retirement (20 September): Insights into retirement options, planning, and process.

More information about these sessions can be found here: Pension Awareness Week 2024 - Civil Service Pension Scheme.


Webinar registration:

Webinars are free, places are limited. Register now

  • Each session has a maximum capacity of 10,000
  • Members are encouraged to book only one session per day to ensure others have the opportunity to attend.
  • Members who have either pre-registered for this event, or attended a previous Pension Awareness event, will receive a GOV.UK email directly from Civil Service Pensions containing a link to the PAW 2024 registration page.

After booking a webinar:

  • Individuals will receive an email via GOV.NOTIFY confirming their booking.
  • This email will contain a link to download the calendar invite for the chosen event (this is a .ICS file). Once downloaded, members can double click the file to open it, and it will automatically run/appear in their email client (EG Gmail/Outlook) and save to their calendar automatically.
  • Please note: members should keep an eye on their junk folder as sometimes GOV.NOTIFY emails can get mistaken for spam!

Promotion
Distribute the provided promotional materials below within your organization. For further assistance, contact PAW@mycsp.co.uk.

Campaign materials

Flyer #1

PAW logo #1

PAW logo #2

PAW logo #3

PAW logo #4

Contacts:
For alternative formats or distribution queries, contact EPN@MyCSP.co.uk .

This notice is for internal use only and should not be forwarded to scheme members. Members can find the details on the Civil Service Pensions website /www.civilservicepensionscheme.org.uk/employers/ .

Published:
6 August 2024
Last updated:
9 August 2024